Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go: Routine Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women Younger Than 50 Years

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CancerNetwork’s latest podcast episode features a conversation with Anath Ravi, PhD, of MOLLI Surgical and Randy Miles, MD, MPH, of Massachusetts General Hospital on the risks and benefits of breast cancer screening for average-risk women under the age of 50 years.

This week's podcast focuses on a review article published in the June issue of the journal ONCOLOGY titled, “Routine Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women Younger Than 50 Years: Current Paradigms Based on National Guidelines.” CancerNetwork spoke with Anath Ravi, PhD, co-founder and chief science and clinical officer of MOLLI Surgical, and Randy Miles, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and clinical service chief in the Division of Breast Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, about their work with breast cancer screenings for women under the age of 50.

The conversation focused on the current paradigms for breast cancer screenings, the risks and benefits of screening women between the ages of 40 and 49 years, different imaging techniques and the role they each play, as well as the future direction of breast cancer screening.

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